| emplastration | 1. The act or process of grafting by inoculation; budding. 2. [See 1st Emplaster. <medicine> The application of a plaster or salve. Origin: L. Emplastratio a budding. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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| employee discipline | Regulations or conditions imposed on employees by management in order to correct or prevent behaviours which are counterproductive to the organization. (12 Dec 1998) |
| employee grievances | Formal procedures whereby the employee expresses any dissatisfaction or feeling of injustice regarding the work situation. (12 Dec 1998) |
| employee incentive plans | Programs designed by management to motivate employees to work more efficiently with increased productivity, and greater employee satisfaction. (12 Dec 1998) |
| employee performance appraisal | The assessment of the functioning of an employee in relation to his work. (12 Dec 1998) |
| employee retirement income security act | A 1974 federal act which preempts states' rights with regard to workers' pension benefits and employee benefits. It does not affect the benefits and rights of employees whose employer is self-insured. (12 Dec 1998) |
| employer health costs | That portion of total health care costs borne by an individual's or group's employing organization. (12 Dec 1998) |
| employment | The state of being engaged in an activity or service for wages or salary. (12 Dec 1998) |
| employment, supported | Paid work for mentally or physically disabled persons, taking place in regular or normal work settings. It may be competitive employment (work that pays minimum wage) or employment with subminimal wages in individualised or group placement situations. It is intended for persons with severe disabilities who require a range of support services to maintain employment. Supported employment differs from sheltered workshops in that work in the latter takes place in a controlled working environment. Federal regulations are authorised and administered by the u.s. Department of education, office of special education and rehabilitative services. (12 Dec 1998) |
| emporium | Origin: L, fr. Gr, fr. Belonging to commerce, fr. Traveler, trader; in + way through and over, path. See In, and Empiric, Fare. 1. A place of trade; a market place; a mart; especially, a city or town with extensive commerce; the commercial center of a country. 2. <physiology> The brain. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| empower | 1. To give authority to; to delegate power to; to commission; to authorise (having commonly a legal force); as, the Supreme Court is empowered to try and decide cases, civil or criminal; the attorney is empowered to sign an acquittance, and discharge the debtor. 2. To give moral or physical power, faculties, or abilities to. "These eyes . . . Empowered to gaze." Origin: Empowered; Empowering. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| empress | 1. The consort of an emperor. 2. A female sovereign. 3. A sovereign mistress. "Empress of my soul." Empress cloth, a cloth for ladies' dresses, either wholly of wool, or with cotton warp and wool weft. It resembles merino, but is not twilled. Origin: OE. Empress, emperice, OF. Empereis, empereris, fr. L. Imperatrix, fem. Of imperator. See Emperor. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| emprosthotonos | <medicine> A drawing of the body forward, in consequence of the spasmodic action of some of the muscles. Origin: NL, fr. Gr. Forward + to draw. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| emptiness | 1. The state of being empty; absence of contents; void space; vacuum; as, the emptiness of a vessel; emptiness of the stomach. 2. Want of solidity or substance; unsatisfactoriness; inability to satisfy desire; vacuity; hollowness; the emptiness of earthly glory. 3. Want of knowledge; lack of sense; vacuity of mind. "Eternal smiles his emptiness betray." (Pope) "The sins of emptiness, gossip, and spite." (Tennyson) Origin: From Empty. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| empty | 1. Containing nothing; not holding or having anything within; void of contents or appropriate contents; not filled; said of an inclosure, as a box, room, house, etc.; as, an empty chest, room, purse, or pitcher; an empty stomach; empty shackles. 2. Free; clear; devoid; often with of. "That fair female troop . . . Empty of all good." "I shall find you empty of that fault." (Shak) 3. Having nothing to carry; unburdened. "An empty messenger." "When ye go ye shall not go empty." (Ex. Iii. 21) 4. Destitute of effect, sincerity, or sense; said of language; as, empty words, or threats. "Words are but empty thanks." (Cibber) 5. Unable to satisfy; unsatisfactory; hollow; vain; said of pleasure, the world, etc. "Pleas'd in the silent shade with empty praise." (Pope) 6. Producing nothing; unfruitful; said of a plant or tree; as, an empty vine. "Seven empty ears blasted with the east wind." (Gen. Xli. 27) 7. Destitute of, or lacking, sense, knowledge, or courtesy; as, empty brains; an empty coxcomb. "That in civility thou seem'st so empty." (Shak) 8. Destitute of reality, or real existence; unsubstantial; as, empty dreams. Empty is used as the first element in a compound; as, empty-handed, having nothing in the hands, destitute; empty-headed, having few ideas; empty-hearted, destitute of feeling. Synonym: See Vacant. Origin: AS. Emtig, aemtig, aemetig, fr. Aemta, aemetta, quiet, leisure, rest; of uncertain origin; cf. G. Emsig busy. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |